Climate impact studies have indicated ecological fingerprints of recent global warming across
a wide range of habitats 1 , 2 . Although these studies have shown responses from various …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) is about to revolutionize genetic analysis. Currently NGS
techniques are mainly used to sequence individual genomes. Due to the high sequence …

The owner's behaviour is regarded to be a possible cause of unfavourable behaviour such
as poor obedience or excitability in smaller dogs. The aim of this study was to investigate …

Recent statistical analyses suggest that sequencing of pooled samples provides a cost effective
approach to determine genome-wide population genetic parameters. Here we introduce …

The dynamics by which mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves within organisms are still poorly
understood, despite the fact that inheritance and proliferation of mutated mtDNA cause …

The objective of this study is to investigate the long-term effects of mother rearing on the
ability to cope with the challenge of integration into the cow herd shortly before first parturition. …

statistics are widely used in population genetics, but they suffer from the drawback that no
simple sufficient summary statistic exists, which captures all information required to distinguish …

Allele frequency time series data constitute a powerful resource for unraveling mechanisms
of adaptation, because the temporal dimension captures important information about …

Various approaches can be applied to uncover the genetic basis of natural phenotypic
variation, each with their specific strengths and limitations. Here, we use a replicated genome-…

The choice of summary statistics is a crucial step in approximate Bayesian computation (ABC).
Since statistics are often not sufficient, this choice involves a trade-off between loss of …